2022 Ohio Senate election

Not to be confused with 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio.

The 2022 Ohio Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, to elect senators in 17 odd-numbered districts of the Ohio Senate. Members were elected in single-member constituencies to four-year terms. These elections were held concurrently with various federal and state elections, including for Governor of Ohio.^[1]

2022 Ohio Senate election

← 2020 November 8, 2022 2024 →
17 of the 33 seats in the Ohio Senate 17 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Matt Huffman Kenny Yuko (term-limited) Party Republican Democratic Seats before 25 8 Seats after 26 7 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,105,112 812,696 Percentage 57.43% 42.23% Swing 10.17% 10.18%
Results      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Republican gain      Not up for election
President of the Senate before election Matt Huffman Republican Elected President of the Senate Matt Huffman Republican

Although primary elections were originally scheduled for May 3, they were postponed to August 2 after the Supreme Court of Ohio rejected state legislative maps approved by the state redistricting commission as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle.^[2][3]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[4]	Safe R	May 19, 2022

Overview

Party		Candidates	Votes			Seats Won
			No.	%	+/-	No.	+/-	%
	Republican	16	1,105,112	57.43	10.17	11	1	64.71
	Democratic	13	812,696	42.23	10.18	6	1	35.29
	Other	2	6,472	0.34	0.02	0		0.00
Total		31		100.00		17		17

Popular vote Republican   57.43% Democratic   42.23% Other   0.34%

Senate seats won Republican   64.71% Democratic   35.29%

Summary by district

District	Incumbent Status	Incumbent		Winner		Result
1st	Running		Rob McColley			Incumbent Republican re-elected
3rd	Running		Tina Maharath		Michele Reynolds	Republican gain
5th	Running		Steve Huffman			Incumbent Republican re-elected
7th	Running		Steve Wilson			Incumbent Republican re-elected
9th	Term-limited		Cecil Thomas		Catherine Ingram	Democratic hold
11th	Not running^[a]		Teresa Fedor		Paula Hicks-Hudson	Democratic hold
13th	Running		Nathan Manning			Incumbent Republican re-elected
15th	Running		Hearcel Craig			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
17th	Term-limited		Bob Peterson		Shane Wilkin	Republican hold
19th	Running		Andrew Brenner			Incumbent Republican re-elected
21st	Not running		Dale Martin		Kent Smith	Democratic hold
23rd	Running		Nickie Antonio			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
25th	N/A		None^[b]		Bill DeMora	Democratic notional hold
27th	Running		Kristina Roegner			Incumbent Republican re-elected
29th	Running		Kirk Schuring			Incumbent Republican re-elected
31st	Term-limited		Jay Hottinger		Al Landis	Republican hold
33rd	Running		Michael Rulli			Incumbent Republican re-elected

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 27, 2.22%
2. District 3, 4.84% (gain)

Outgoing incumbents

Republicans

• District 17: Bob Peterson was term-limited.
• District 31: Jay Hottinger was term-limited.

Democrats

• District 9: Cecil Thomas was term-limited.
• District 11: Teresa Fedor retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.^[5]
• District 21: Sandra Williams was term-limited.
• District 25: Kenny Yuko was term-limited.

See also

• 2022 Ohio elections

Notes

1. Running for Lieutenant Governor
2. This district was reassigned to Franklin County from Cuyahoga County following redistricting. The previous incumbent was Democrat Kenny Yuko, who was term-limited.

References

1. "Ohio State Senate elections, 2022". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
2. Tebben, Susan (April 15, 2022). "Ohio Supreme Court rejects legislative maps, sets fifth redistricting deadline". Ohio Capital Journal. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
3. Tebben, Susan (May 5, 2022). "Ohio Redistricting Commission resubmits maps already rejected as illegal by supreme court". Ohio Capital Journal. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
4. Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.
5. Oliver, Emily (January 5, 2022). "John Cranley announces Sen. Teresa Fedor as pick for lieutenant governor". WBNS-TV. Columbus, Ohio. Retrieved May 23, 2022.